Optimizing Unix Database File Operations

Authors:
Jason Gait
Affiliations:
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Venue:
IEEE Software
Year:
1994

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Abstract

Ratfiles (RATional FILE System) by-passes the Unix kernel to perform database-file operations at nearly twice the speed of conventional file systems and offers several techniques, including atomic write and write-order discipline, to improve data integrity.